Vernonia freedom., August 21, 1980, Image 1

JIM BUXTON & G BELL
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VoL 2 No. 41
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The Newspaper Serving
the Upper Nehalem Valley
Thursday A u g u st21,1980
Old Timers picnic held
in Buxton Community Hall
The Buxton-Manning Old Timers
Picnic was held Sunday August 17 at the
Buxton Community Hall. About one
hundred persons met for a day of
reminiscing.
The oldest person attending was Ralph
Hannan, of Portland, who owned the
Buxton Mercantile store for many years.
The youngest was Ryan Bellish infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bellish of Banks.
The couple coming the furthest were Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Pringle of Temple, Airozna.
Friends
came
from
Mulino,
McMinnville, Beaverton, Tillamook,
Springfield, Buxton, Banks, Forest
Grove, Gresham, Junction City, Dallas,
Cornelius, Wheeler, LaPine, Sweet Home,
Hillsboro, Tigard, Portland, Oregon as
well as Vancouver, Spokane, Olympia,
Longview, Winlock and Seattle,
W ashington, and Sacramento, San
/ Francisco, California.
Weather
Date
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Low
Prec.
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Vernonia Pioneer
Picnic held Sunday
Last Sunday the 17th saw a large
gathering for the annual Vernonia
Pioneers Picnic in Anderson Park. 217
people registered in at the event with
many old acquaintances being renewed.
A number of awards were given for
outstanding age and in other categories.
The. oldest person present was Mabie
Graves, a former teacher in Vernonia and
now a resident of Hillsboro. Mabie is 92
years old. Bob Spencer, who will be 90 in
October was the oldest native son.
Blanche Millis of Vernonia had the largest
family group there with 13 of her children
and grand-children. Verlin Crume had
come the farthest to the gathering coming
from Scottsdale, AZ.
It was the first time in three years that
, the picnic was able to be held at the park
without rain.
Smoke Alarms
required
The Vernonia Fire Dept. notes that they
have received at least 15 complaints from
renters whose landlords have not yet put
in smoke detectors.
All rentals of any sort, mobile Komes,
rooms, hotels, house, etc. must have had
smoke detectors installed as of July 1 of
this year. O.J. Zeigler, of the Fire Dept.,
informs us that the State Fire Marshall
will be out sometime in September and
will investigate any complaints not
resolved.
The fine for not having a detector
installed in a rental is $250.
Class needs lawn
mower engines
With the start of school comes the
many activities and needs of the school
year. Ralph Keasey, instructor of the
small engines class at Vernonia High
School, informs us. of a need for lawn
mower engines for the students to work
on. He informs us that vertical shaft
engines are needed, preferably Briggs and
Stratton. Anyone with engines or a
question can call the school at 429-3521.
RSVP Dance a t St. Helens
tomorrow night
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program
will be sponsoring a dance on August 22,
from 7:30 pm to 11 pm, at the Knights of
Phythian Hall located on 1st Street in St.
Helens. The Ridge Runners will be
playing. There will be a donation of $1.50
per person. If you like to dance, this is the
place to be!
Rummage sale camming
For those who still have items to get rid
of after a full summer of garage sales,
watch for a big rummage sale coming up
in September at the Masonic Hall.
City puts out bids on sewer lagoons-Police to
ta inforce curfew
Funding for street improvements
The Vernonia City Council met Monday
night and covered a larger amount of
business than they have all summer
including putting out calls for bids on
improvement of the sewer lagoon,
t h in n in g of timber in the cemetery timber
lots and for demolition of the old city hall.
In business from the floor Marge
Dunay and others were present to make a
statement about dog control in the city.
She pointed out that little or no dog
control on the part of the county has been
seen in Vernonia although there have
been numerous complaints filed. There
was a great deal of discussion on the
subject at several points in the meeting
and the options of the city carrying out its
own dog control program were discussed.
In the end city attorney David Frost was
asked to check on the legal options with
the county to get the dog control officers
over here.
A couple of letters were received from
the D epartm ent of Environmental
Quality (DEQ). One was a refusal for
sewer hookup on a property in the city
and one was a reiteration of the limiting of
hook-ups in the city to the present level
until the sewer lagoon is enlarged and
improved. The DEQ also stated an
approval of the planned dredging of the
current lagoon but stated that that in
itself would not allow for more hook-ups
but would only correct the situation of
sewage overflow into the Nehalem River
as happened last winter.
A letter was also received from the
School Board requesting that members of
the Council meet with the School Board at
its August 28 meeting to work on mutual
problems. The high school Forestry class
also asked that council members meet
with them on August 27 to plan for the
next years forestry projects.
In other business, Mrs. Barker of the
Girls Scouts was present to answer the
Council’s questions on who would be
interested in managing the use of the
Scout Cabin in Hawkins Park. After a
little discussion the essence of the
problem revolved around who owned the
property and it was decided to find out
who owned the property before the next
meeting and look at the problem at that
time.
In the matter of the sewer lagoons the
Council decided to have the three
companies that had submitted bids for
the dredging of the first lagoon revise
their bids to conform to a uniform pricing
process so the Council could make their
choice. It is hoped that these revisions
will b enrby a special Council meeting to
be held next Monday the 25th of August.
The Council also decided to call for bids
on another phase of the sewer project.
Thia bid will be for the cleaning out of the
second lagoon (the diked-off half of the
existing lagoon) and the building of a
tem porary holding lagoon and the
- construction of a third lagoon. The bids
on this work are Jto be opened Sept. 2.
School lunch program
Vernonia School D istrict today
announces its policy for free and reduced
Was price meals and free milk for children
also discussed. It was brought up that the unable to pay the full price of meals and
city might be able to borrow on a m ilk under the national school lunch and
$140,000 certificate it has at Lincoln special milk programs.
Savings but that anything borrowed
Local school officials have adopted the
against that would have to be paid back in following family size income criteria for’
the same budget year. It was thought determining eligibility:
that the money might be needed to
Family Size Free Meals & Reduced
replace Federal Revenue Sharing which is
Free Milk
Price Meals
still not an assured revenue source.
• 5,230
* 8,150
In relation to paying back such a loan, 1
6,900
10,760
Councilman Adams again brought up the 2
8,580
13,380
need for the city to do some thinning of 3
10,250
15,990
the timber adjacent to the cemetery. 4 5
11,930
18,600
Adams said he and public works
13,600
21,220
superintendent Roy Sanders, had already 6
15,280
23,830
marked some of the timber for cutting 7
8
16,950
26,440
and asked for bids to be in by Sept. 2.
The cemetery itself was also discussed Each Add.
+1,680
+2,610
and comment was made that it is looking fam. member
Children from families whose income is
much better and the council expressed its
at or below the levels shown are eligible
appreciation to the Green-thumb workers
for free meals, reduced price meals and/or
for their efforts.
The council then discussed what it free milk. In addition, families not
should do about the old City Hall meeting these criteria but with other
building. This is the building that was unusual expenses, due to unusually high
pictured on the front of last ■ week s medical expenses, shelter costs in excess
Freedom, but unfortunately we did not of 30 percent of income, special education
get a caption under the picture explaining expenses due to the mental or physical
its purpose. The council has called for bids condition of a child, and disaster or
to demolish or remove the building but casualty losses, are urged to apply.
Application forms are being sent to all
would still like to see some citizen
ipvolvment or citizens group come homes in a letter to parents. Additional
forward with a plan for preserving the copies are available at thé school office.
building. The bids on the building will be The information provided on the
application is confidential and will be
opened at the Sept. 2 meeting.
In other old business attorney Frost used only for the purpose of determining
advised that the city file for review by the eligibility. Applications may be
Supreme Court, the case against State submitted at any time during the year.
To discourage the possibility of
Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) in the
attempt to be compensated for the loss of mi srepresentation. the application form
the Elroy Minor case which cost the city contains a statement above the space for
more than $130,000. The case against signature, certifying that all information
SAIF had been taken to appeals court furnished in the application is true and
where it again failed but Frost stated that correct. An additional statement is added
the filing cost was only $500 and it might to warn that the application is being made
be worth it in such a large case. The in connection with the receipt of federal
council decided to go ahead and file for funds, that the school officials may, for
cause, verify the information in the •
review on the case.
Councilman Johnson also noted that application, and th a t deliberate
the city would like to know if anyone m isrep resen tation of information may
knows of any street lights that are not yet subject the applicant to prosecution
turned back on so that the council might under applicable state and federal
have West Oregon turn them back on as criminal statutes.
In certain cases foster children are also
all street lights are currently supposed to
eligible for these benefits. If families have
be turned on.
At the end of the meeting Police Officer foster children living with them and wish
Bud Ashcraft made a report on a couple of to apply for such meals and milk for them,
items. One being that the police intend to they should contact the school.
Under the provisions of the policy, the
begin enforcement of the existing curfew
law which states that juveniles (under 18) Principal will review applications and
determine eligibility. If a parent is
must be in by 9 pm on weekdays and by
dissatisfied with the ruling of the official,
10 pm on weekends.
he may wish to discuss the decision with
Another item which Bud brought up
the determining official on an informal
was the riding of dirt bikes around Lake
basis. If he wishes to make a formal
Vernonia and also riding on the trails
appeal, he may make a request either
throughout the mill site. It was brought
orally or in writing to the hearing official,
up that the city police could enforce no
Arthur M. Parrow, Supt., 475 Bridge St.,
riding of trail bikes around the lake but
phone 429-5891.
th a t they would have to make an
In the prinicpal’s office is a copy of the
arrangement with the county sheriff to
complete policy which may be reviewed
enforce no riding in the rest of the Mill
by any interested party.
site area.